Which 8 current gems will make it on this Hip Cassette round-up? Plug that rusty tape player in, press play and make sure you keep notes…
by Christos Doukakis
SIDE A
Reisender
‘Friends2’
bedroom pop/indie
Tucker Nichol
‘Not My Business’
indie r&b
Ex-poets
‘Romantix’
indie pop/vaporwave
GIVVEN
‘Losing Colours’
adult contemporary/indie electronic
SIDE B
GODED
‘Frozen Pizza’
chill-hop
Moanzy
‘Wrong People’
trap/emo rap/adult contemporary
Mplsxtgp
‘For You’ (feat. ABxTGP, ZeexTGP & Zi)
emo rap/contemporary r&b
mntgmry
‘Sway’
instrumental hip-hop
I remember listening to Eddie Murphy’s Delirious on cassette tape – you might have to explain what that is to your younger demographic – with my father. I wanted to make people laugh that hard.
Andrew Schulz